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Five feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post 4 10 0 Tent ditto . - - 1 6 0 Bordered Mattress t o fit - 1 1 0 Mahogany Drawers with solid ends - 3 5 Eight Mahogany Chairs - 6lO 0 14 kbogany Penthittke Table" 2 0 0 Feath er B e d free from dust and sm e ll, from £2 12 0 to 8 8 0 Drawing -room Sofa, from 1'25 50to 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead - 38 0 Alith:ratiny Horse-Hair Sofa - - 610 0 upwards A quantity of Paper Hangings for Bed, Dining, and Drawing rooms, at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth their attention. Houses Furnished, at a few days' notice * and Apartments in a few hours.—Goods packed free of expellee except the matting. COMMITTIE. T. Corder J. Wilson I'. Hasler J. Unett THURNELL, Agent. .1 J. Carter W. %%horn ;ABLER, Secretary. MILFORD (S. Wales), Aug. 10.—Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, attended by a Major Fo s t er , hi s E querry , M a j or B owen , nd Capt. Laws, R: N., arrived here. Hiii is Royal - ghness Caine over from Tenby, through Pembroke, and after vi ew i ng Pembroke Dock-yard, embarked t hence in a six -oared boat, and rowed to the entrance of this bar hour, an d l anded at Milford between four and five o'clock, p. in. His Royal Highness walked up to the Barracks, and through the front street to St. Ca therine a Chap e l, a f ter v i ewing which his Royal Highne ss returned t o th e N elson Hotel, where his Royal. H i gh ness sat do wn to c h imer with the Gentlemen in attend ance, between six and seven o'clock. • Captain Chap . - pell, 11 , N., Agent for Packets, and Capt. Marshall, R. N., Superintendent of Quarantine, had th e honour of di n i ng w i t h his Royal Highness. The day was Ntieularly , fine, and his Royal Hiness landed amidet the he a rty c h eers o f nearly the whole popula tion of Milford.. We have seldom witnesied such an assemblage- of gmy and well-dressed individuals in this small town. Salutes were fired from several vessels in the harbour, and from some brass pieces placed in front of the Nelson Hotel. A party of the '7lst regi ment of foot was also drawn up to receive his Royal I'lighness in front of his hotel. His Royal Highness this m orn i ng took breakfast about ten o'clock, and at .half past twelve entered his travelling chariot, attended by Major Foster, and drove off for Haverfordwest, on his way to Swansea. His Royal Highness was warm ly cheered. on entering his carriage. We underitand that.shis Royal Highness expressed himself much gra tified with the fineness of the harbour, Sec. HYDE PARK CORNER —On the left, on leaving London yesterday, we perceived that the workme n had so far advanced in their labours., as to give the spec tator a faint idea of the intended arch, which will be the King's -gate into the Gardens of 'the New Palace ; to this will be' attached an lonic Lodge of Portland atone, Contiguous there will be another - Lodge of the same materials for . the T Park-keeper. The first, be it ob serve d, w ill b e occupied by hi erva , s Majesty's servants. Tut?, RIUM P HA L ARCI!..—.The opening of' this Ar c h, i n Hyde Park, will be from thirty to tliirty•Ave feet high,•supported by sixteen circular columns, with lonic capitals. The whole is expected to be finished in November next. Saturd a y was th e KING'S natal day, when his' R A . jtsTY completed his 64th year, which was not oh- Z rv " es a national day of rejoicing owing to the "lo having commanded the celebration, to take Place on the 24th of April. The first Battalion of t6e t hird Guards mounted guard, on the Parade in St. J . i‘rr atn "'s - Park, with their State colours. The Drum -. 1 00 , . olej roi the regiment wore his State uniorm, and on J 4 . l tiVal in the Court-yard of the king ' s Palace, St. 4 nees,, the band played "'God save the King." THE JANISSARIES, The grand area of the Mosque of Sultan Achmed, which. is at this time the theatre of so many executions, is a noble looking place, planted with many fine and' venerable trees, that spread their shade over the fountains that gush out plentifully on the smooth and marble pavem en t. The mosque itself, though very inferior in size to that of St. Sophia, is considered more unique and beautiful. within. It is adorned with an immense number of columns, all of white marble ; and though the walls look naked, as paintings, statues, and every kind of ornament is forbidden by the,Koran, yet the long rows of lofty columns, their shafts, as well as the white walls, covered in many parts with sentences in large letters of gold, from the book of faith, have a fine effect. The light falls p ar ti a ll y , an d g l oom i ly also, on some parts of the building, and the Orientals are fund of this, for they imagine it favours the aspirations of prayer. This mosque is regarded with peculiar veneration by the Turks, and it is in its, large and rich court, that the refractory Janissaries are massacred every hour. It is well suited for such a purpose, and for the seat of the Sul tan, who places himself every day to witness the executions ; and can thence survey the whole 'Atmeidan, or grand square, in front, and on each side. This is so large, that a battle m i g h t . almost be fought in. it. vas t extent. TR: obelisk from Egypt, `and the twisted pillar, stand here, and the exercises of the troops frequently take place. . Times change rapidly, and a very few years affect revolutions that almost baffle belief. Not very long ago, I saw the remaini 'of murdered Greeks lying near this *pot, that served for the sport a n d laughter of the mob that surrounded them, and now the bodies of their murderers are stretched in hecatombs in the same place, and the hour of retribution is come. Yet this bloody insurrection of the Janissaries, hitherto SO fatal to themselves, cannot fail to produce the most important conse quences to the Turkish empire. These haughty troops have been, hitherto, the scourge and terror of their Sultans--the 1 flower of the army—the bravest and the most desperate--every effort to tame their spirit has been in vain, and has caused the death of more than one ruler of the empire of the Faithful. The unfortunate Selim perished in the attempt to introduce European discipline among the Janissaries. Ile had caused extensive bar racks at Chalet, the acite of the ancient Chalcedon, on the oppo site shore of the Bosphinus, 'not far from Scutari. These barracks still remain. But he was unable to contend with the furious and daring spirit of the Janissaries, who had not submitted to the new exercise a few weeks, before they broke out into open rebellion. It was impossible the Turkish Power could ever be formidable, or its troops contend successfully with those of other nations, while these soldiers kept the Court, the capital, and the whole nation, in awe. The first tidings of an insurrection' of the Janissaries carne like the knell of death to the favourite Ministers of the Sultan, who never failed to tremble himself. Was it the head of the Grand Vizir, of the Capitan Pacha, of their own Chief Aga, that these troops demanded---there was no denial. The ill-fated Ministers submitted without a murmur, for they kne,w that all resistance was useless; and their Master, however much be esteemed their services, 'strove in vain to protect them. The moment their heads were thrown ostr the Seraglio walls to the mutinous soldiery they dispersed to their barracks, having glutted their rage and discontent. It is well known that Maltmond, the present Emperor, has long desired most ardently to free himself from the yoke of the despotic Janissaries. Like the Praetorian Guards of ancient Rome, they make and unmake sovereigns at their will, and here are no hounds to their l a wl ess d eman d s . Three years ago the - Sultan endear voured to separate this mighty force, and caused 50,000 of them to be sent out of the capital, and dispersed in different parts, in the hope that, by weakening their force, ho might find a favour able opportunity of breaking and crushing their power. But the Janissaries were on their guard, they had some suspicions of the Sultan's designs, and they kept a watchful eye on his proceedings. Fifty thousand of them still remained in the capital, and kept up a constant communication with th e i r brethren who were dispersed without, and, by acting in union and concert, completely discon certed whatever hostile intentions the Sultan might have cherished. It is regarded as a great privilege by the Turks to he enrolled in this corps ; it is even dime while they are children, for the immu nities attached to it are considerable; and the pay is much higher than that of any other part of the army. They are in general fine men, and often have their arms and necks bare, which are very well formed, and their fine countenances are to be distinguished by the bold awl lawless look expressed in them. The Red Guards are a fine body of men, tall and slender, and cloth4d in red front head to foot, but the handsomest body of all are the White Guards, the favourite and chosen atteridanti of the Sultan, whose dress, i front the turban to the sandal, is of a snowy whiteness. If Mahntoud succeeds in vanquishing these hitherto invincible troops, it will be the most memorable, u well as fortunate, event of his reign. But they will not tamely behold their ensigns trampled on, and their badges dishonoured, while the'very name ofJanivary,hitherto so dreadful, is given to execration. Their efforts will be desperate, in order to retrieve the power so suddenly torn front them; their numbers in different parts of the empire are still considerable enough to maintain head in the field, and, if united, to face any army their master may bring against them. But the unfurling the sacred standard of the' Prophet was an ad mirable deed of Malunoud's--it was the only one that could have secured safety to his throne, and was the last expedient to be re lofted to in his critical situation. Had Achim dared to do this, he would still have p sessed the throne of his ancestors. It evidently struck the rebellious Janissaries with consternation, for it instantly identified the cause of the Sultan with that of the people, who no sooner heard that the holy banner of their Prophet was unfurled, than they felt themselves bound to rally around it, and fight against these who were proclaimed its enemies; and while the population of the capital are ranged against them, the haughty Janissaries are lost without hope. Hitherto their insurrections have been unop posed, the people have beheld them march to the Seraglio, de throne the Sultan, or massacre his Ministers, and have stood by s il en t spectators, and have submitted tranquilly to the most sudden revolutions. The last Emperor, Selim, who lost his life in the effort to im prove the discipline of Isis army, was a very young and amiable man, and distinguished by his personal beauty. He htul, some years before he ascended the throne, been cruelly injured by a potion administered to him. It was given at the instigation of the Sultana, who was the mother of Mahmottd, and who wished, by depriving him of life, to secure the succession to her son. The po i son, however, was prevented from being fatal, by the timely and skilful aid of the physician of the Seraglio, but it left such effects behind it, as no skill could remove, end - the Sultan was surrounded by the numerous beauties of the Harem, whose attrac tions were unavailing, and whose charms were untouched. Thi s unhappy result of the attempt on his life brought,on an early me lancholy on his mind, that was always visible in his pale and very handsome features. , could he accomplish it, th ey would into hi s army , convioceti that, the world in the fi eld. A n d i n He was . determined on introducing a new' system of tactics be equal t o meet any troo p s in this expectation he was probably right, for the Turki s h soldiers are, in personal appea r ance, much ' fi ner men th an the R uss i ans, and more active In battle; and could th e y b e. prevailed upon to use the bayonet, it as doubtfid if *the C ross Would not fly b e f ore the Crescent . The troops loved th e ir el!ted on Emperor, b ut they hated innovat i on on lydetbronetl and imprisoned . the thEmie, still more, and, rising tumultuous , their ancient habit' him. But Illalimond bad not long been a , ere they reproached themselves for what they, s r, whom they had done, and resolved t o replace their amiable Sultan in po w er, bad- but lately cast d own f r om it. B u t it u ms too late , their tumultuous and the still iniprisoned Prince, but with very different lee .. e nni the for Mer saw his sceptre about to fall from hii grasp-- th e latter The ev il' Were heard iii the Seraglio, both by n ll t lah . mond,. rejoiced in the hope .of liberty from his •dungeOn walls Sultan, whos e d ec i s i on of chara c t er i s hi s f oremost qua lity, sent ' the chief of th e ' eunuchs, with some attendants, to dispatch t he unfortunate pri soner, who made a desperate resiatance, but was at last strangled, and his body thrown over the walls, to the very troops who had come to recrown him. The violent excitement ' of feeling, the rage and passion which had a feW Momenta before urged ou these men, were instantly calmed, and the loud shouts and imprecations were changed for deep aud bitter lamentations. They fell on the body of the inurdered Prince, and wept over it, heating their breasts, and, with clasped hands calling on 'Alla.— But not a hand was raised to avenge had been some time indulged, they all dispersed. quietly, and the it. anal when their sorrow tumult was quite subdued. Yet these very men, sudden and prone to violent extremes, - in all their deeds froth long Lndul &ince, would the next moment have been ready to uneheath their sabres, and rush on to slaughter, wbether,of the Greeks, or the populace with whOn3 they have so lately fought. Mt Palace of the Janissaries, and where their chief resides, stands in one of the finest points of Constantinople, and very near the grand mosque of Sulinut Niel). The gate and portico are of a very light and elegant architecture of wood, carved, and covered with gilding. One evening• we ascended the lofty tower of the Janissaries, the highest summit in the whole city. In the upper apartment were a number of those soldiers, smoking, and drink ing coffee, of which they invited us to partake, as well as of the pipe. They were tall and stout fellows, and very civil, and ap peared to be enjoying themselves quite at their ease. We stepped out on the parapet, and gazed with rapture on the view beneath, and on every side. The sun was going down on the Bosphorus, and the shores of /tele. with their numerous villages, beyond, and each lofty mosque, with its white and gilded minarets, rose dis tinctly and redly at our feet. There was no hum of population, or noise of equipages, as in other European cities, but a wide and universal stillness, and even the thin population was scarcely perceived in the narrow streets of the city. More than a hundred sails of various nations were passing up the stream of the Earphone; to Pent and Galata, or farther on to the porta of the Black Sea. The Turks may well call it the glory of the world, for no other City can equal it in I►eauty of situation er splendour of effect. The soldiers put into our hands a small tele scope, made in Londorty to examine the view ; they seemed to consider it a first-rate curiosity, and to guard it with peculiar solicitude,' and put it to their eyes repeatedly, with as much ar dour and wonder as if it had been a magical instrument ; though whether they saw clearly in it or not, the Prophet only knew, for the same focus seemed to suit all eyes. A bakeshiesh, or present, of course, was expected for all this civility, and, after sitting down and taking a cup of coffee with these true believers, we took our leave. Infidels, no doubt, they consider us to be, though, like the rest of their countrymen, they never mentioned the word in our hearing. Indeed, the feeling of the Turks to wards the English is universally favourable, as every traveller in the country is sure to experience. The Janissaries have excellent barracks here, and their Aga, or Chief, is lodged like a Prince ' in this Palace, and, like a Monarch too, he often passed judg ment on the unhappy Greeks who were taken and brought here ; they were marched in through the Golden Gateway, as it is called, between a file of soldiers, and being brought before the Aga, were shortly questioned respecting their designs, or reasons for attempting to escape. No mercy was ever shown at this re lentless tribunal, where a few minutes were sufficient to decide the fate of the victim, whose head quickly rolled on the pavement, and his body was cast aside like that of a beast. But the atrocities committed by the Janissaries on the Greeks are now visited on their own heads ; in deeds of cruelty they exceeded all the rest of the troops ; it was a common thing to hear them boast how many they had slain ; one claimed ten, another twenty, to his share, and dwelt with savage exultation on the details of these murders. PRESENCE or MIND.-:—At the time of the late fall of the steeple at Limberg the watchman wasin the ,gallery just at the moment that the building began to shake. Retaining all 'his presence of mind, he snatched up his speaking -trumpet, and cried, " The steeple is going to hill."' By this warning he saved a great number of persons who were at the time near the steeple, Re himself fell so forttuiately that he received no bodily harms but lost the use of his speech. Lammas or:Lomlnms day obtained its name from a mass ordained to St. Pater, supplicating his benediction on lambs, in shearing season, to preserve them from catching cold. St. Peter became patron of lambs from Christ's metaphorical - expressibn, " Feed my lambs," having been construed into a literal injunc tion. Raphael makes this misconstruction the subject of one of his greatest cartoons, by representing Christ as speaking to Peter, and pointing to a flock of lambs. . THE -HIGHLAND ROAD.---It may be useful to make the public aware, through the medium of our columns, that a very great undertaking is in rapid progress towards a com pletitln, in the excellent road which hits been formed on the line originally opened by General Wade, with a view to getting into the fastnesses of the Highlands during the troubles in 1745. This new road which is expected to be finished in the course oil the present year, will open a direot communication . between the north and the south—front Glasgow, Stirling, and Crieff, on to In verness; and the line of it runs through some of the bop 4te and most beautiful scenery of the central Highlands of Perthshire.-- It cannot be too generally known that this great work has been undertaken by the Heritors, for the public accommodation, with out a fraction of aid of any sort, beyond their own individual sub scriptions. There are at this moment three hundred men em ployed upon this road ; and, as this line to Inverness, will, by coming through Carlisle and Glasgow, shorten the distance from London by fifty miles.; there can be but little doubt of its being made the principal lineof communication ;—good accommodation too will soon be procurable along the whole line of this new road, even in its remotest parts, and trustees have been appointed nut only to See that the work done upon this road is executed in the best manner, but also to keep it constantly In repair, and for these purposes a moder a t e t o ll qp l y w i ll he pa i d by the m upon it. —lnverness Courier. The weavers of Glasgow, about a fortnight since, forwarded another petition, or remonstrance, tg Go vernment, requesting a de fi nite reply t o tne question, whether they were or were not to expect any legisla tive relief? and inqui r i ng if hi s M ajesty or the' Mini stry had 'considered the propriety of repealing the Corn Laws, reducing taxation and ,use le ss salaries, and, if possible, th e in terest of the national debt ? The accompanying note was received from Mr. Peel in reply:— " Mr. - Peel has received the letter from Glasgow, of the 29th of July, signed John Tint. Mr. Peel deeply laments the priva tions of the weavers on whose behalf that letter is written. Ile has it not, however, in his power to make any farther communi cation on the subject of the petition td the King, than that which he has already made." [Thin communication was, that th e pe tition was laid before his Majesty.] " The petition was laid be fore his Majesty by Mr. Peel. " Whitehall, let Aug., 1826. " Mr. J. Tait, Weavers' Call-house, 29, Gallowgate, Glsagow." THE THUNDER. STORM.—In two minutes it seems two hours nearer night. Go to the do or an d say i f ever you saw a ashler sky than that of the growling west. A bi g , warm rain drop plashes on your face as you gaze upwards, and a sultry smell cones from the dusty road and fields, hard in a long drought. Nothing stirs. The hive is without a bee even on the front-board, and the swallow sits with her white breast mute in her nest below the slate eaves. The dog has gone whiuing into a dark corner—and chanticleer crows not. The growl, as of a lion prowling here and there through a fbreat, comes and go es , yet forsakin g not t h e d ar k s k y -b oun d s t h at • now emit afar off forkett'ire. But a c l ou d right over head, th at h as b een &lowly sailing thith er apparent l y w i t h out wind; flashes, an d i n a moment, as if the cope of .heaven were of metal, it rattles with sharp, P fierce, and lon g - cont i nue d t h un d er bounding u and (town, and giving way to a crash of echoes that with avil, pauses roll cir cling along the tops of, the mountains, and die away, one would almost think, into another world. A deluge drenches the only part of the vale now visible—that near you. Showers are seen falling in floods, each a broad broken streak in the grim atom,- phere at the hidden head of the vele, and in a few_ minutes nivonince:wflociniwane o,norco.cvhe hundred, of white torrents are leaping through the mist, b e frightened out of his or her and the main vale -stream quickeniol its pace, and raising its :7 1, 1 w wh it t l l f l o l a ay nt-bells, and crc night-fall will b e in flood. —Nothing can be more absurd than to be an gry w i t h„ y wits-end at thunder. The horrible closeness of the grim air op- - prole* the heart and the soul sinks in the disturbance of the s enses. Ich n su cases it is cruel to scold. You m i ght as well lose your temper with your wife for being drowned. oe sog oeote d, - Neither is the danger b y any means desp i ca b le. Out of a towns fni o f people, SO thousand s t rong , as many are killed and wound ed i n a pitched thunder atom, as of the same number of Spa niards during almost any one pitched battle—in position' with our a rmy.--in the Peninsula.. -.that is to say—four or five. Each in di v id ua l, t o o, fe e l s hi mse l f in the -brunt of the action; ad a- ll ki n d s e t - accursed conducto rs are at his car - and Abair.- E ver y pew who has behaved himself gallantly fifty great decisive pitched thunder storms, ought to wear a medal —and belon g t o th e order of Electricity.—Dachwood' s Magazine. POETRY. A NEW SERENADE. ADDRESSED nv MR. E. G. W—D TO MISS E. Aut.—" Blue Bonnets over the Border." • Wake! Wak e ! th e carr i age i s wa i t i ng love, Down by the grove near the river's green border—. Wake ! Wake ! here at your grating, love, Stands your true lover at Hymen's soft order; The horses are champing, The post boys are stamping; Steal from your slumber, love, all is in order; 'Tie but a pleasant ride, O'er the fair country side-- Hey ! for the Green that lies over the Border. Wake ! Wake ! &e. What though your father may fume my sweet Ellen, May grumble, and rave about actions at law Like Paris, I'll fly with my sweet English Helen, And show I don't value his nations a straw ; The lawyers may take Their retainers, and shake Their big wigs at the Bar, ranged in terrible order ; Mount on my pillion, My maid of a million, A fig for their threats when we drive o'er the Border. Wake ! Wake•! Come from your pillow—the morning is shaking Her tresses of light o'er the brow of the hill ; Like thee, in her bloom, and her blushes awaking, And e'en in her coldness, like thee, my love, still, Steal from your pillow, love, Come to the laurel grove, Let not a &WAR alarm your rough warder Trust your coy charms To your true lover's arms, And we'll laugh at them all when we drive o'er the Border. Wake ! Wake ! &c. CHAPTER OF COINCIDENCES. (From the New York Paper.) There are many surprising coincidences in regard to the lives and death of Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson, they commenced their political lives together, both rase gradually, both became Foreign Ministers of the highest grade, and both were subsequently elected to the highest station in the nation ; they were the only two who signed the declaration of independence on the 4th July, 1776, who were alive on the same day in 1826 ; both were on the Corn matte who drafted that document, one of them was writer and the other seconder of tha motion for adopting it ; political events subsepiently made them rivals and hitter enemies of each other ; both were leaders of opposite and powerful political parties; both wer• the most prominent *eels of the bitterest invective of their foes and the most boisterous praise of their friends; both, after retiring from their high stations, the contention for which had estranged them, became friends, and both died on the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the important event of which they were engaged together, and Mr. Jefferson on the same hour in the day during which the declaration was adopted; Mr. Adams on the same hour in which it was promulgated to the people; and both were natives of the only States which have furnished the Union with a President. A further remarkable coincidence is the fact that of our Ex-Presidents, John Adams was eight years older than Thomas Jeffgrson, Thomas Jefferson eight years older than James Madison, James Madison eight years older than James Munroe, and James Munroe eight years older than John Quincy Adams. Mr. AdaMs is the only President who 'has been suc ceeded by his son, and he was the only President whii had a son to succeed him, and the son has been elected to the highest trust by the same party who elected the father. This is the most won derful chapter of coincidences that we ever saw. - - M./EL.—An affair of hollow' took place on Friday morning, close to Cowes Castle, between the Earl of Menton and Lord William Lennox. The Noble Earl was attended by Colonel Anson, and the gallant Lord by hie brother officer, Lieutenant Gordon, of the Blues. The cause or dispute Iraq en accusation made against Lord Wm. Lennox, that he is a contributor to The Age, a London Weekly Newspaper, which by its constant publi cation of taletof scandal and scurrility, is greatly annoying to the feelings of individuals and families in the higher claws of society. Lord Glengall bad expressed his conviction of the truth of this accusation, and, upon request, refusing to retract lie opinion, Lord William sent his friend to demand for him the usual satisfaction of a Gentleman. A meeting was ilinnediately appointed, and an exchange of shots took place, .without doing personal injury ; the seconds then declared' that enough tistd been done by both par ties, and the 'principals left the ground without explanation, or having had any direct communication with, each other in the al fair. --Hanttishire Telegraph. JNIPORTANCE OF A MISPLACED COMMA.---A Bishop ordered this inscription to be put Over his gate : Porte, patens esto, nulli eland aria, honesty.' But the painter unfortunately placing the comma after t►ulli' in stud of csto,' the sense stood thus : Gate, he thou open to no body, but be shut to an honest luau;' which perversion of a charitable meaning mullioned the Bishop to lose his bishopric. ' A case still more in point is the misplaced comma by which King Edward IT. lost his life. His wife that she-wolf of France,' sent to the keeper of the prison where he was confined the following equivocating couplet : To shed King Mien'', blood Refuse to fear, I count it good.' Had the comma been placed after Refuse' the sense would have implied a mandate not to hurt the King,.but ►laced after fear, the murder is not only injoined hut an indemnification is implied; while the remainder of the line, I count it good,' insinuates that the action is meritorious. Through this double sense' the King lost his life. A boat has been constructed at South Shields by James Mather, Esq., of that place, to be carried by a vessel pm ' leasing the advantages of both a long and a life boat. .It. has been tried, and found to weigh an anchor, carry weight, tire. superior to an ordinary long boat. And as a lite boat, thou g h it should ship a sea and fill with water, it is capable of bearin g a crew more numerous than the vessels .of which it is now on board. This was known by fillin g it with water, after which it supported, without sinking, nearly one ton weight. A short time ago it was, with au adventurous crew, placed on Tynemouth bar, when a six-foot sea was breaking across it ; and though it was put into every hazardous position, there was , found no occasion to bail it. To complete elr coast, this boat, there has been added to it a " launching-frame," to enable the crew safely to place it in the water during a, high Ilea, which will completely prevent it from getting stove, as is but too common in cases of emergency. On the 22d ult, k ahe was fixed in her station on board the Mary, when the inventor, Unaided, launched it from the decks, with four of the craw on board, to the astonishment of a number of spectators, in little more than one minute. Every seaman will he able to. appreciate the advantage of this discovery. .With all these advantages, this boat has only cost fit more than an ordinary long boat of her size. The vessel has now-sailed, 'and the crew are in high spirits withL Last t ir pursuit was commenced within S seq un ui d si a t y i". ;e 4W da inb u u g rfi h ig ter c 7O r f a4 Colonel Murray . M'Gregor was carried off the Spa by an English officer, hot pursuit crossed the sea to Scotland: f a th h e ot elopernent, the fugitives must have • • i and, Irainedtfan alth ough ht One party of the pursuers arrived here on Tuesday morning, and with the assistance of theimlice searched the steam boat, then about to sail for London, but no trace, of the lovers was found,Exchanges st e ady.._.. Rotterdam. Paper. - ' 1 , ' INGENIOUS Pi R ORMAINCE.--"Mr. James Miller, of the Glasgow Lithographic Press, has written the L or d' s Prayer, the Creed, the 138 d and 134th Psalms, the 6th, 7th, and Bth cornmandmelta ' together 1 9 with the names of our ' . Saviours. 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Newmarket. ...., se TATT,ERSALL'S, AuG. 14. The Subscribers attended to.day in strong force, and what with ietding on the York raets„, .and betting on the St. Leger, were very busy. The betting on the last..natued Stakes assumer a new shape, Mulatto and Tarrare being brought into the field, and backed to the same amount. The former is in high favour, and many think him safe to win ; he certainly *nada an excellent race with Actteou, who ou a previous day beat the Celebrated Mem non, whickof course speaks for Mulatto, anti induces us to think that be must be a better favourite. Belzoni rose half a point, and was backed freely.—The odds on the St. Leger and the Ox ford Gold Cup are as under : • to 4 apt Belzoni 11 to 2 *gat Bedlarnite 12 to 1 apt Crusader 12 to 1 agst IVlulltto 15 to 1 apt The Dragon 23 to 1 apt Tarrare It. LItGE'R. 25 to 1 agst The Gotten, 35 to 1 agst Pirate 50 tot 1 agst fanny Davies 1000 to 20 apt Fanny 1000 to 10 agst Altisittora oxroit 5 to 4 on the field apt Burgundy LA CUP. 4 to 1 apt Cycillus WEYMOUTH RACES, WEDNMAY, Aug. 9. His Majesty's Plato of 100 gs. ; all age's. Mr. Percy's ch. m. Prosody Mr. Farquharson's b. b. Presentiment The Weymouth stakes of 25 am'. each. Mr. Barker's . Toughstick The Mayor's Plate of 50 soy. Mr. Farquitarson's Presentiment Lord Palmerston's Conquest 2 9 The Johnstone Piste of 50 soy. Mr. Hatton 's eh. m. Morgisus Mr. Stent's b. in. Rally bolted. Mr. Oakley's Gipsey THURISPA Y.—The Weymouth Gold Cup of 100 gs. value. Heats, two miles. • IA Palmerston 's eh. h. Grey Leg 1 I Mr. Farquharson's h. h. Presentiment 2 dr Mr. Farquharson's Black-and-all-Black 3 dr The Tradesmen's Plate of 60 soy. Heats, two miles. IA Palmerston's b. h. Conquest 1 1 Mr. Harker's br. h. Toughetick 2 2 The Members Plate of 50 soy. Heats, two miles. Mr. Farquharson's Presentiment Mr. Coming's Aura The Ladies' Plate, i. e. a Forted Handicap of 3 soy. each, with 40/. added. Heats, one mile. Mr. Farquharson's Blark-and-all-Black 2 1 1 Mr. Coming's Aura 1 2 2 Mr. Barker's Toughstick The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sov, each, with 2,0 added. Heats, one mile. Mr. Hill's Maid of all Work 1 1 Mr. Williamson's b. g. Tom Thumb 2 dr Mr. Hatton's c. to. N . SIDMOVTII AND SALCOMBE RACES, Aur.. 9. An elegant Silver Cup, for horses of all ages not thorough bred, three tiro-mile" heats. Mr. Luxton's e. tn. The Witch 1 I Capt. flarwieke's b. h. Stranger Mr. Burch's b. b. Grimaldi 8 2 Mr, Selwood's b. In. Exchange .......... A Purse of Sovereigns for horses not thorough-bred, one.iiile heats,,,and a distance. • Mr. Chipple'e b. m. Creeping Jane ~. 2 1 1 Mr. Wylie's g, Ball 1 2 2 A Ladies' Cup, for horses of all ages. Mr. Shelwood'a b. h. Orator Hunt I Mr. Cornish 's ch. filly 2 Mr. Rippisley's Endeavour ' halted A Pursed Sovereigns, by the Tradesme n of Sid mout h . • Capt. Ardwicke's - 1,,. h. Rose-bud Mr. Wilkinson's Baroness 2 dr Mr. Selwood's b. m. E xc h ange dis NEWCASTLE RACES, TUESDAY, Aua. The Town Plate of 100/. Twice round and a distinott. Mr. Gisborne's b. t Susan 1 1 Sir T% S. M. Stanley's ch. h. Gen. Mina 2 2 A Sweepstake of 51. each, with SOL added by the Corporation.— , Twice round and a distance. Sir T. 8. M. Stanley's eh. c. by Tiresias I J. E. Dennison, Esq.'s h. f. Claudia 2 R. W. Horton, Esq.'s M.P. ch. 1. Latitat Mr. Walker's b. f. Fair Star 4 A Hunter's Sweepstakes of Si. each, with 25/. added. Twice round and a distance. John Longdon, Eag, , s L a th e __ .. I Mr. G. Booth's ch. h. Cock Robin Mr. J. Cork's b. g. Rinaldo 2 di. Robert Hill, Esq.'s ch. g. Architect Mr. J. Peake's b. g. by Trojan 4 dr Mr. Hart's bl. e. Milo WIDIUSDAY.—The Members Plate of 701. Twice round and Mr. Fainter's br. ...... l I Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Tiretiss ..... 2 dis. Mr. Walker's b. f. Fair Star ~ . . dr Mr. Chandler's c. Northwood Sir W. Wynn's hr. h. Randal 4 - - - A Sweepstakes o f 10/. each, with 401. added.—Three mils heats. Sir W. Wynn's b. f, Signorine 1 Sir T. Stanley's b. b. Haji Baba Mr. .1. Cork's h. h. Baryathenes Tirnasnar.—&Plate of 100 soli. Twice round and a dirt. Sir W. Wiinit's b. f. Signorina 1 1 Mr. Giagorne's b. m. Susan ............. . A Sweepstakes of 10gs. eacb, with 30gs. added, for three-yr-olds. it;Once round the course and 4 distance. W. Wynn's b. c. Sancredo John Illytton, Esq.'s b. c. Bowsprit A Hunter's Sweepstakes of 5 env. each, with Lb added. Twirl round, and a distance. Wm. Copeland',,, Esq. ba n . Mina fla4nd J o aiith Spode ' s, jun. E Li. 0. g. Architect 2 J. E. Venison's, hi. to . Newcastle Lass 3 VA ID A r.--The Witrklitkall'a Plate of 60 soy. for all ages; weights and condiiions as for the 100 soy. of the first dap Air. Barrow's h. m. Ahem Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Haji Baba A S l t ir r. W pg • iWuter:ilre.lll,o.t sa La rb t i p tit ar t ; A Maiden Plata of 60 Kw. for all ages. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Postlethwaito's Raimondo (Carr) istod, beating six others. CRIC The Grand Match at Cricket, an d e kr.to of the Northampton troo ping, as follows - woauux. I between eleven of the Woburn, i Club, was decided yertetday WOILTIf 1 MPTON. 1r innin s 127 First Innings s 4 g sewn ,' Di tto , 110 Seentiti I tittc, ...... 237 Many bets were pending upon the match. V 39